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Blue Devils tennis standouts Baldwin and Patel face each

other in Dover in District Semi-final

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ & JEFF MOODY | ZHS HEAD TENNIS COACH
Claire Reed. At No.1 doubles, Allen Vs. Coshocton (4/30)
Vance and Chase Gillogly lost 4-6, The ZHS boys’ tennis team got a
1-6 to Liz Reed and Ellison Lambert. 3-2 win over Coshocton. The win-
No. 2 doubles team James McCan- ners for Zanesville were: No. 1 sin-
dlish and Cade Humphrey lost a gles Connor Baldwin, who defeated
close 4-6, 4-6 to Aaron Beanot and Jackson Makafarina 6-0, 6-0. No.
Jacob Welsh. 2 singles Subh Patel downed Eva
Trejo, 6-0, 6-0. The No. 1 doubles
Vs. Logan (5/4) team of Allen Vance and Chase Gil-
Zanesville defeated Logan 5-0; the logly won over Jeff Aronhalt and Shi-
winners were at No. 1 singles, where ann Stubbs 6-4, 6-3 in the deciding
Connor Baldwin defeated Soldier match. No.3 singles player Clifton
Roberts 6-0, 6-0. No.2 singles Subh Birchett dropped a close 3-set match
Patel downed Dylan King 6-1, 6-1. to Wylan Wright, 4-6, 7-6, 10 -7 in
At No.3 singles, Clifton Birchett won a super tiebreaker. The No 2 dou-
over Biancia Sowers 6-3, 6-2. The bles team of Cade Humphrey and
No. 1 doubles team of Chase Gillogly James McCandlish lost in 3 sets, 2-6,
and Allen Vance got a 6-3, 6- 1 over 6-4, 6-4 to Lacey Baylor and Taylor
Johnson Carson and Ellinger Carson. Moore.
No. 2 doubles Cade Humphrey and
James McCandlish won out over Lilly
McKee and Madson Glick, 6-2, 6-1.

Subh Patel lined up a serve for Zanesville earlier this season. Matthew Dotson

After competing in the Sectional Joel Leinbach, where Patel picked
Tournament, senior Connor Baldwin up a win 7-6,(9-7) first set tiebreak-
and sophomore Subh Patel will play er, then won 6-4 in the second set.
each other in the district semi-final Both ZHS players have reached the
on Monday at Dover City Park, start- Districts at Dover City Park. The com-
ing at 9. The winner will play an ath- bination District/ Regional single
lete from either Cambridge or Clay- elimination tournament will be on
mont in the district final. The district Monday, May 18th. start time 9 am.
champion will advance to the state The public is welcome to attend. No
tournament admission charged. The winner of
the district/regional will qualify for
Division 2 Sectional Tournament the State tournament at Lindor Are-
(5/11) na in Mason, Ohio, on May 28th and
Connor Baldwin, Zanesville High 29th.
School’s No.1 singles player and No.2
seed, won his matches over Hiland’s Vs. Fisher Catholic (5/5)
Noah Troyer 6-3, 6-4. In the quarter The Blue Devils lost a tough 3-2.
final, he defeated Steubenville Cen- Match to Lancaster Fisher’s Catholic.
tral Catholics No. 1 player JP Gessler Winners for ZHS. No1. Singles Con-
6-0, 6-1. At no.2 singles, Subh Patel ner Baldwin won 6-4, 6-3 over Lan-
for ZHS, and the no.4 seed downed caster’s Sean Michaels. No. 2 sin-
Indian Creek’s Sam Doerr 6-0,6-1. gles Subh Patel defeated Noah Krule
He then played a quarter-final match 6-2, 6-1. No. 3 singles for ZHS Clifton
against Berlin Hilands No.1 player Birchett dropped a 4-6, 3-6 match to Connor Baldwin returned a volley earlier this season. Matthew Dotson

Lil’ Muskies improve to 9 - 16 on the season as they look

forward to Meadowbrook in Playoffs

BY MATTHEW DOTSON | THE BUZZ

The Lil’ Muskies batter hit a single against Tri-Valley. Matthew Dotson

Vs. Licking Valley (5/14) Vs. Crooksville (5/7)
On the road in Newark on Thurs- The Ceramics hosted John Glenn
day, the Panthers had their sights on Thursday in Crooksville. After a
set on beating the Lil’ Muskies, but slow start, the Ceramics pumped
John Glenn jumped out to a 2 - 0 out three runs in the bottom of the
lead at the top of the second inning. second to lead 3 - 0. The Lil’ Musk-
The Panthers came back with a run ies bounced back at the top of the
in the bottom of the inning and the third with four runs to tie and then
tying run in the bottom of the third, lead the game 4 - 3. Crooksville tied
2 - 2. Licking Valley turned the ta- the game in the bottom of the inning,
bles in the bottom of the fourth in- and both teams pulled off two runs
ning with three runs to take a 5 - 2 in the fifth inning before the Ceram-
lead. The Panthers held the Musk- ics came back in the bottom of the
ies at two while tacking on three sixth inning to add two more runs to
more runs over the next two innings their total, winning the game 8 - 6.
for a game-winning total of 8 - 2.
John Glenn will face the Mead- Vs. River View (05/06)
owbrook Colts on Tuesday in The Lil’ Muskies hosted the River
Byesville to start their postsea- View Black Bears on Wednesday.
son. The game will start at 5 P John Glenn struck early, taking a 1 -
0 lead after just the first inning. River
Vs. Cambridge (5/13) View tied the game in the top of the
On a visit to nearby Cambridge fourth inning, before the Muskies re-
on Wednesday, the Lil’ Muskies hit torted with two more runs in the bot-
the scoreboard first, with a run in tom of the inning to retake the lead
the top of the first inning. The Bob- 3 - 1. Over the next three innings,
cats hit the tying run in the bottom the Black Bears tried to battle out of
of the inning, and continued to rack the deficit they were in, to no avail,
up runs in the next two innings to as John Glenn finished off the game
lead 4 - 1, before a blowout eight-run with a 4 - 3 victory.
fourth inning that capped the five-in-
ning 12 - 1 win against John Glenn.